Eitzel sings the blues

MARK EITZEL’S deep voice shakes with emotion.

“A lot of younger musicians tell me it’s a new world,” says the American singer-songwriter. “Well, I used to live in a world where artists got paid for their work. A world that took musicians about 40 years to get to.”

Rested up in a hotel in Belgrade, the 53-year-old is in the middle of a low-key rant (even when mad he cannot bring himself to shout).